Variable load, internal friction, and engine speed and work........
Variation of pitch of screw threads.............

Water as a lubricant......

Water, per H. P. per hour.

Water-power plant, cost of..

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Welding, electric......

WHEELOCK, JEROME, disc., cost of power in steam engines....

WHITHAM, J. M., cylinder ratios of triple-expansion engines.

Wobble drill......

WOLFF, A. R., disc., steam consumption of engines at various speeds....
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Proceedings, New York (Ist) Meeting.
.The Field of Mechanical Engineering 23
... President's Inaugural Address......

. HOLLEY, A. L..
THURSTON, R. H...
.Sellers, ColeMAN.....The Metric System....
.REESE, JACOB

.Regenerating Metallurgic Furnaces.
..JOHNSON, LEWIS....... . Putting a New Crank-pin in the En-
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.... WOODBURY, C. J. H.... Measurement of the Friction of Lu-

to the Basic Process.....
...Friction as a Factor in Motive Power
Expenses.....

HOADLEY, J. C.........High Ratios of Expansion and Distri-

143

bution of Unequal Pressures in
Single and Compound Engines... 155
.The Value of the Study of the Me-
chanical Theory of Heat....

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XVII.... .....ROBINSON, S. W.......Cushion Adjustment in Engines..... 255

Proceedings, Hartford (IId) Meeting. 1
A Rational System of Piston Packing 19
EMERY, CHARLES E.... Experiments with Nou-conductors of

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HEWITT, WILLIAM....The Coutinous Rod-mill of the
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NAGLE A. F...

.Formu's for Horse-power of Leather
Beits......

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MELVIN, D. N..........An Improved Mercury Colama..... 98
HARRISON, WILLIAM H. The First Rolling Mill in America.... 1°3
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JOHNSON, LEWIS.......A Brief Treatise on the Steamboat
Cam....

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.HAGUE, CHARLES A........Comparisons between Different Types

.HALL, ALBERT F......Method of Arranging and Indexing

THURSTON, R. H.......Our Progress in Mechanical Engi

neering, Annual Address........ 415 .....An Improved Method of Screw Pro

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